Rent: The Movie???

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Rent: The Movie???

Posted: 8/31/04 at 5:36pm

Does anyone know if there are any plans to make a movie of 'Rent'? Seems like I remember hearing something a while back about Martin Scorcesse directing. Do you think it would work? Casting suggestions?

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#2

re: Rent: The Movie???

Posted: 8/31/04 at 5:36pm

OMG, you do not know what you just stepped into.

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#3

re: Rent: The Movie???

Posted: 8/31/04 at 5:37pm

several threads on this already

#4

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Posted: 8/31/04 at 5:40pm

spike lee is directing, justin timberlake and beyonce are starring.

#5

re: Rent: The Movie???

Posted: 8/31/04 at 5:44pm

Yankeefan is all wrong, no disrespect. But the last report was that it is being directed by Christopher Columbus and that Timberlake was no longer in the running. Take it for what it's worth as rumors on the RENT movie are as rampant as rumors on the new Superman movie. However Spike Lee has lost the rights to the film and will no longer be directing it, that much is certain.

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#6

re: Rent: The Movie???

Posted: 8/31/04 at 5:46pm

I think yankeefan is joking.... due to many many threads on this topic. But you can't blame a newcomer for not knowing! I did it once myself!

#7

re: Rent: The Movie???

Posted: 8/31/04 at 5:48pm

yes, yankeefan is kidding.....its all in the spirit of fun.

#8

re: Rent: The Movie???

Posted: 8/31/04 at 5:49pm

Well he may have been joking about Beyonce. But at one time there was complete truth in the fact that Spike was directing and looking at Neil Patrick Harris for Mark and Timberlake was pursuing him to play Roger. No disrespect to the newbie

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#9

re: Rent: The Movie???

Posted: 8/31/04 at 5:49pm

Oh... never mind. I just did a search and I see that this topic has been discussed before. (What topic hasn't?) Please forgive me for being redundant and just forget it. As far as I'm concerned if Debbie Reynolds isn't available then it's not worth making anyway!

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Updated On: 8/31/04 at 05:49 PM

#10

re: Rent: The Movie???

Posted: 8/31/04 at 6:09pm

Lee's not directing anymore. Miramax lost the rights and Warner Brothers now owns it. Chris Coloumbas (of Home Alone and Harry Potter fame) is set to direct. All Timberlake did was audition for Lee. No cast is set.

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#11

re: Rent: The Movie???

Posted: 8/31/04 at 8:23pm

i think carol channing should star as angel!!

#12

re: Rent: The Movie???

Posted: 8/31/04 at 8:41pm

if you really want to see the movie i would suggest renting it

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#13

re: Rent: The Movie???

Posted: 8/31/04 at 9:31pm

... and Robert Goulet as Roger!!! Or maybe they could cast Anna Nicole Smith and rename it "Low-Rent"!!!

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#14

re: Rent: The Movie???

Posted: 8/31/04 at 10:52pm

*headdesk*

#15

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Posted: 8/31/04 at 10:54pm

oh god there was a thread about this a while ago where everyone and their mother was cast. oy vey

#16

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Posted: 8/31/04 at 11:02pm

we should all do the casting for the movie..great choices!!!

#17

re: Rent: The Movie???

Posted: 9/3/04 at 1:05am

hahahahaha! omg that would be freaking scary- carol channing as angel!

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#18

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Posted: 9/11/04 at 12:22am

it would be so great if they did make it a movie but stuck true to the script and got the original cast back

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#19

re: Rent: The Movie???

Posted: 9/11/04 at 1:12am

For the tenth time- original cast? Too old. Besides, wouldn't you rather have, oh I don't know, young unknowns in the roles? I think that's more in the original spirit of the show.

#20

re: Rent: The Movie???

Posted: 9/11/04 at 4:13am

Enough with the OBC thing. It ain't gonna happen, and it shouldn't happen.

Unless they're filming Rent 2: The Geriatric Generation. (Mark with his IV drip, Roger with his harmonica, Mimi battling senility, oh, the drama.)

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#21

re: Rent: The Movie???

Posted: 9/13/04 at 3:11pm

Jai Rodriguez as Angel! My only request...

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